Kelsie Hernandez
Kelsie Hernandez, MA, RP, RMFT
Registered Psychotherapist
AEDP Therapist, Level III
Kelsie Hernandez is a Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Marriage and Family Therapist. Kelsie holds an MA from Pepperdine University in Clinical Psychology (2007), with an emphasis on Marriage and Family Therapy. Her subsequent training and the first 8 years of Kelsie’s clinical experience took place in the inner cities of Los Angeles, California, where she conducted specialized assessment and treatment of children suffering from severe emotional and behavioural challenges resulting from early trauma.
After moving to Toronto in 2014, Kelsie served for several years as the Family and Systems Specialist on an interdisciplinary assessment team, which provided comprehensive relationship-based family assessment to some of Ontario’s most vulnerable and troubled children and their families. Helping clients navigate the intergenerational impacts of trauma or other attachment disruptions forms the basis of Kelsie’s current private practice.
Kelsie works primarily with individuals, with a focus on adults and children up to age 12. Her clinical approach is grounded in emotional and relational frameworks and integrates different models of psychotherapy, including family systems, attachment, psychodynamic, narrative, cognitive and somatic orientations. Kelsie is currently well into her journey of intensive training in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), a modality that harnesses one’s innate healing capacities to experientially heal trauma and suffering. She is currently a Level III trained AEDP therapist. Her commitment to personal and professional development serves to broaden and enrich Kelsie’s capacity to assist her growing client base.
Kelsie sees clients both in-person at Beetle & Bear as well as online for clients across all of Ontario. For a free 15-min consultation to see if Kelsie is a good fit for you, you can book on her Owl Booking site or email her directly at kelsiehernandez.mft@gmail.com